SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, is facing a challenging summer season as bookings to many tourism areas have dropped to Turkey and the Greek islands due to the emigration of high number of Middle Eastern refugees.
Air India plans to launch 3X-weekly Boeing 787-8 Delhi-Vienna services, from April 6, replacing Austrian Airlines’ 5X-weekly service to the Indian capital.
Delta Air Lines has signed a codeshare with Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia that aims to expand the choice of onward destinations from the US via Delta’s hub at Amsterdam Schiphol.
Following more than a year of speculation, US Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) finally rolled out his plan to remove the operation and management of US air traffic control (ATC) from FAA.
Strategically located close to Africa – one of their biggest trade partners – Tenerife is the perfect choice to host Routes Africa 2016. The Government of the island are dedicated to promoting connectivity within Africa.
Routes Africa, the only route development forum for the African region, will be hosted by Tenerife Tourism Corporation with the support of the Canary Islands Government this summer (26-28 June 2016).
All four US major carriers and at least three independents filed applications with the US government Wednesday seeking approval to provide nonstop services to Cuba.
Bahrain-based Gulf Air has announced further increases in its services to Saudi Arabia—the latest of several Gulf carriers to beef up their flights to the Kingdom.
Airport freight traffic in metric tonnes for 2015, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
An estimated 240,000 two-way passengers a year are currently flying between Europe and Fort Myers, according to MIDT data for 2014. The German market accounted for 54.4 percent of this demand ahead of the United Kingdom and Switzerland – the only other country markets to have annual flows of more than 10,000 passengers.
The Asian carrier has configured the A350-900 in a 253-seat arrangement across three classes – 42 in Business, 24 in Premium Economy and 187 in Economy. It currently has orders for 67 A350-900s having placed an additional order for four aircraft last year. Seven of these will now be delivered with an Ultra-Long Range capability for flights of up to 19 hours.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 112 airports worldwide - current through March 1, 2016 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
BRA, an acronym for the operator and also the Swedish word for ‘good’, will bring together the operations of Malmö Aviation, Golden Air and the six airlines of Sverigeflyg (Gotlandsflyg, Kullaflyg, Blekingeflyg, Kalmarflyg, Flysmåland and Sundsvallsflyg. Together they will form Sweden’s largest domestic carrier by destinations served with an approximate market share of 30 per cent.
After last year becoming the first Haitian airline to be awarded a Part 129 Operating Permit which upgraded its activities from ad-hoc/charter services to scheduled status, the introduction of an ATR 42 will allow Sunrise to serve longer haul routes more effectively in its Western Caribbean route network.
